Combined miner s candle-holder and fuse-cutter



(No Model.)

' J. RETALLAOK.

COMBINED MINERS CANDLE HOLDER AND FUSE CUTTER. No. 267,110. Patented Nov; '7, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH RETALLAOK, OF CENTRAL CITY, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO OLIVER S. UNDERHILL, OF SOUTH PUEBLO, COLORADO.

COMBINED MINERS CANDLE-HOLDER AND FUSE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,110, dated November 7, 1882,

Application filed October 6, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH RETALLACK, of Central Oity,in the countyof Gilpin and State of Colorado, have invented a new and Improved Combined Miners Candle-Holder and Fuse-Outter,of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved folding combined candleholder and scissors or shearsfor cutting a fuse.

The invention consists of a U-shaped springframe, to one shank of which a springring is attached for holding and receiving a candle, which ring is provided with a lug or linger for opening it to admit the candle. Two sharpedged blades are pivoted between the ends of the U-shaped frame, and form scissors or cutters for cutting a l'use'and for fastening a cap on a fuse.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. if

Figure]. is a perspective view of my improve candle holder, showing the blades partly opened. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, showing the blades closed.

Oneend of acircularly-bent metal strip, A,the ends of which are not un-ited,and which forms a spri n g-ring, B, is riveted or otherwise attach ed to the end of a shank of a U-shaped springframe, 0, the ends of the shanks of which are brought together. The spring-ringB is provided with an elongation or finger, D, on the side toward the frame C, and by pressing t-his finger toward the frame C the ring B can be opened to admit the candle,which is held inthis ring by the spring-power of the same. Two sharp edged blades, E and F, are pivoted between the ends of the shanks of thespring frame C, and thevframe and the. eyes of these blades are provided with lockin g notches and recesses arranged a quarter of a circlefromieach other, as shown at'G, so that the blades will be heldin various positions. Theblade E is straight The blades E and F must he of fuse is to be cut, the blades E and F are sparated, as shown in Fig. 1, and the fuse is placed in the notch J and the other blade is closed down, whereby the fuse will be out. If acap is to be attached to a fuse,'the end of the fuse is placed into the cap and the cap placed in one of the recesses J, upon which the other blade is-closed down for the purpose of pressing part of the sides of the cap into the fuse for holding the fuse in the cap. The book H serves to suspend the candle-holder from a projection, shelf, or bracket, and the blade E can be driven into a'crevice of the rocks, or into a beam, whereby the candle-holder can be fastened in any desired position. The apparatus can be folded to occupy little space.

Any suitable kind of cutting device can be combined with the candle-holding socket; but I prefer to use the two pivoted bladesE Fand a spring-frame for holding them. l

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The combination, with the U shaped springhandle C,,.of the candle-holder B and the cut- .terblades E and F, pivoted between the free ends of the handle, said cutter-blades being provided with notches J and J and adapted to be folded within the handle, substantially as set forth.

JOSEPH E rALLAcK.

Witnesses:

DAVID C. COLLIER, THOMAS LUCAS. 

